HRV volleyball loses league opener at home

HRV was unable to get off to the start that they hoped for in their league home opener, trailing for a majority of the first set with a final score of 25-18.

The little success that HRV had in the opening set wasn’t a good sign of anything positive to come as they had lost six straight sets dating back to their 0-3 loss to Ridgeview on Sept. 13.

Despite the subpar performance to open the game versus Crook County, things began to take a turn in the right direction for HRV in the second set.

HRV and Crook County went back-and-forth for most of the second set, and the set point total would end at 64 between both the schools, but the Cowboys would come away with the 33-31 advantage over the Eagles in set number two.

“We lost a heartbreaker in that second set,” said head coach Scott Walker, “and then quickly fell behind in the third set.”

Early on in set three, the Eagles were down 21-16 and it seemed that HRV would end the night winless.

However, the Eagles closed out the set with a 9-1 run and took the third set by a final score of 25-22.

“We really ran away with it in set number four,” said Walker, as HRV beat Crook County 25-17 in the fourth set. “But we came up short in set number five.”

Down 11-14 in the fourth set, HRV cut the Cowboys lead to one after a couple of points scored, but the Cowboys would end the game with a crosscourt kill for the match victory.

Outside of the loss, senior Katie Kennedy for HRV set a school record with 39 kills versus Crook County.

Defensively versus the Cowboys, senior Emily Curtis led the way with 20 digs for the match.

Kayla Sheasby had a match high 34 assists for HRV and Bailey Frazier had a team high three aces from the service line.

HRV on Thursday, Sept. 20 snapped their three-game losing streak as they travelled to Redmond and beat the Panthers by a final match score of 3-0.

HRV ranks seventh in the 5A state standings with a record of 1-2 in league play and 7-3 overall.